Canada blocks arms exports to Turkey over misuse
Canada on Monday blocked military arms exports to NATO ally Turkey after a probe found Canadian drone technology had been misdirected for use in...
Kyrgyz hold vigil in hope of finding missing educator
Kyrgyz who have been protesting since the suspicious disappearance of an educator in the country held a silent vigil in Bishkek on Monday in...
Kyrgyzstan calls on Turkey to immediately return abducted educator İnandı
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday called on Turkey to return educator Orhan İnandı, who was abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Agency (MİT), and take all necessary...
Turkish army fire kills Iraqi Kurdish farmer: local official
Turkish army fire killed an Iraqi Kurdish farmer on Friday in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where Ankara has been battling militants,...
States, individuals must be held accountable for torture and ill-treatment: UN report
Failing to take measures to ensure accountability for torture and ill-treatment gives rise to legal responsibilities of not only states but also individuals under...
Turkish healthcare professionals call for medical neutrality in Ukraine
Eight medical organizations in Turkey have in a joint statement called for medical neutrality in Ukraine, referring to the principles of the Geneva Conventions,...
Erdoğan’s long arm: 3 Austrian-Turks detained on suspicion of espionage
The Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that three Austrian Turks were detained in June on suspicion of spying on dissidents for Turkey’s National Intelligence...
PACE committee calls on Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania to respect right to seek asylum...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Committee for Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons on Wednesday called on Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania to...
Israel quake teams should work through sabbath: chief rabbi
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, David Lau, ruled Friday that emergency teams deployed to Turkey to help in the earthquake response should work through the...
Germany charges 4 with illegally selling spyware to Turkey
German prosecutors have charged four former company executives with illegally selling software to Turkey’s secret services to spy on the country’s opposition, Agence France-Presse...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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